Quiz: Mystery scores

[Luke]

This best-of-threads has become rather ramshackle and overgrown since I let it out of my tender loving care    0:) - there are stray unidentified scores lying all over the place. Lots of mine from months and months ago - and I gave plenty of clues, too      . Also a few of Maciek's undoubtedly Polish pieces hanging about the place. When I get home later I will try to tidy up a bit - get the hyperlinked list of answers up to date, and give the answers to my remaining ones etc. So - there's your warning: last chance to identify them! There are some very easy ones amongst them, btw.....and some real stinkers too, to be honest.

[(poco) Sforzando]

Yes, that one was bugging me, clearly French, clearly of that group inspired by Wagner - a Parsifalian-Pelleasian look to some of this page. Chausson, D'Indy, that kind of thing, was where my thoughts were tending...

it's D'Indy - Istar.

Bien, bien.

[Luke]

I think the last page-of-links is about 4 or 5 pages ago, btw, for those who want to look. It is lacking all of Maciek's subsequent ones, of course, but contains all my remaining ones.

[Luke]

...and crack to it, Sfz - there are some in there you surely must know, but I don't think you were really around when they were put up.

[Luke]

my 455, the one I said was an utter gem, an exquisitely perfect piece of music from an unexpected source...as chance would happen I mentioned it over coffee to another teacher here at school earlier ('you don't by any chance know..... do you?'). not only did she know it, she's sung in it many times and launched into raputres about what a special piece it is - as she said, it has a special quality shared with a piece such as the Allegri Miserere . So, that goes to show - it isn't unknown (far from  it, it is really very famous), and it isn't just me who thinks it is a remarkable piece!

[karlhenning]

Oh, sure, Lukochka . . . play the "it isn't really obscure" card 

[rappy]

What is that lovely violin solo M444 from? 

The melody reminds of a certain composer, but I don't know whom...

[rappy]

If Strauss had written another violin concerto in e minor in his youth, I would say that's it...

[Luke]

Surprisingly close - the composer has interesting links to Strauss.  But it's not Strauss himself, obviously, as you know.

I'm working on tidying all these last ones up, but it's taking me hours. Might have to wait until tomorrow!

[karlhenning]

Dude, you are the Atlas on whose shoulder this thread rests!

[Luke]

...my back is kiling me     

[rappy]

Got it now by looking through the composers forum a little bit 

Must be Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek, violin concerto. Key and tempo do fit at least. 

[Luke]

Wow, Rappy! That's the one - good detective work

[rappy]

So let's see whether you can identify music by reading the bass lines.

Easy:

[rappy]

Medium:

[rappy]

Hard:

[Luke]

I think i recognise a few of these, but I'll have to think about it.....

but the first one is from the wonderful Schubert G major Quartet

[Luke]

I know no 7, but can't put a name to it yet....

[Luke]

oh yes, Beethoven SQ op 59/2

[Luke]

And the last one is from the last movement of Brahms' second piano concerto.

Masterpieces all! Nice choices.....